BILL NUMBER: AB 1383	CHAPTERED  10/10/99

	CHAPTER   607
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   OCTOBER 10, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   OCTOBER 5, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 10, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   SEPTEMBER 8, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   SEPTEMBER 2, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 17, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 28, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 3, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Thompson
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Maldonado, Robert Pacheco, and
Strom-Martin)
   (Coauthors:  Senators Chesbro and O'Connell)

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act relating to highways, and declaring the urgency thereof, to
take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1383, Thompson.  Highways:  Environmental Enhancement and
Mitigation Projects:  extension.
   Existing law declares the Legislature's intent, commencing July 1,
1991, to allocate $10,000,000 annually for 10 years to the
Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Demonstration Program Fund
to be used for making grants to local, state, and federal agencies
and nonprofit entities that undertake projects to mitigate the
adverse environmental effects of existing and future transportation
facilities.
   This bill would require the Department of Transportation to extend
the completion date to June 30, 2002, for specified Environmental
Enhancement and Mitigation Projects.
   The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  The Department of Transportation shall extend the
completion date to June 30, 2002, for the Environmental Enhancement
and Mitigation (EEM) Projects for all of the following entities:
   (a) Fallbrook Land Conservancy (Project No. 96-135; Agreement No.
11-96-54).
   (b) City of Diamond Bar (Project No. 96-39; Agreement No.
07-96-37).
   (c) Redwood Action Agency (Agreement No. 1-96-22).
   (d) Cambria Community Services District (Project No. 96-28).
   (e) County of San Luis Obispo, General Services Department/Parks
Department (Project No. 96-92).
   (f) Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (Project No. 94-99;
Agreement Nos. 04-94-15 and 04-95-09).
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to provide, at the earliest possible time, extensions for
certain Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Projects, it is
necessary that this act take effect immediately.
